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VOIDCEREMONY “Abditum”
VOIDCEREMONY “Abditum”
By Dr. Abner Mality
I got my first taste of VOIDCEREMONY on their EP “At The Periphery of Human Realms” and I was pretty impressed with what I heard. Now they return with full-length “Abditum” and this really lives up to the promise of that earlier work. The band have found a zone where technical death metal merges with ugly brutality that has no compromise. Few bands show this degree of progression and maintain maximum savagery.
They’re not afraid to experiment with prog and even jazz elements, but those elements never overwhelm the death metal aspect. There are short instrumental tracks like “Inevitable Entropy” and “Elegy of Finality” where these prog parts predominate, but longer tracks like “Seven Ephemeral Auras” and “Failure of Ancient Wisdoms” crack the skull open with crushing influences like IMMOLATION, early MORBID ANGEL, ATHEIST and the heavier parts of BLOOD INCANTATION. The balance between granite-cracking riffs and shredding, soaring leadwork is just about perfect...fans of both old and later DEATH alike should dig what VOIDCEREMONY is doing here.
This is another album that’s learned the lesson of “less is more”. If you think BLOOD INCANTATION and SPECTRAL VOICE are too bloated and wandering with their explorations, “Abditum” should be more to your liking, as you get some of that spacey, technical vibe but in a tighter package. This is one American death metal band that stands out from the pack.
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